Linaca Today

Habla Ingles?

English literacy is one of the goals we have for the kids that we serve. It is amazing how easy it is to learn a language at a young age.  Just for fun we taped a bunch of kids uttering English phrases. We were amazed at the almost perfect American English accents some of the kids had.

With quality training many of these kids could become bilingual.   Right now we are looking for quality English teachers. They are hard to find in Danli, Honduras. We want to purchase the best computer English DVD training on the market and hook it up to our computer lab ($450.00). One hundred percent of donations to this need will be invested as promised.

Food then Facts

A hungry kid will not listen.  First you feed them then you teach them.  We target the malnourished with a strategy that has worked for the last few years. Each child that comes to the center is weighed and measured, if their statistics do not match their age requirements they are placed in the nutrition program. One of our teachers is in charge of nutrition and health care. In partnership with a local Honduran pediatrician we will supervise the child's progress through out the year.

Part of our care is a daily lunch program. Our staff cooks healthy meals in our kitchen and delivers the vittles Monday through Friday.  At the present moment we have close to fifty children participating. We expect that this number will grow through out the year. In some cases we will buy their families a month's worth of basic staples to supplement what we do in house.

We would like to beef up the meals and extend the program to kids who suffer from marginal nutritional issues. To do so we need to raise 6,500 dollars for this need.  One hundred percent of your targeted donations will go to meet this challenge.

 

Standing in the gap of ignorance

It is often surprising what a small investment it takes to change a life. This fact is repeatedly brought home with the school season.  A parent is often willing to sacrifice a child's education the lack of a pair of shoes, a skirt, a blouse a handful of paper or a fistful of pens. We make sure that every child within the purview of our oversight is fully equipped to go to school. This process begins in January as we canvass every home in the valley. Yet our zeal to give away what every child needs is tempered by one of our most fundamental principles: the poor should do what they can to meet their own obligations.

Each parent is asked to give what they can to the child’s required school materials and uniforms. This comes to about fifty dollars per child. On average, most needy families can only buy a pair of shoes or a shirt or a blouse. We do the rest. This year we are helping over forty families in part or in whole to put their children back in school.  Almost three hundred children will receive some kind of matriculation assistance.

It does not end here, however. Throughout the year, the public schools will demand all kinds of materials that put quite a pinch on the poor’s budget. We pledge to be right there to supplement a responsible parent’s hope to raise an educated child.

We need to raise 10,000 dollars to meet this need. As with all of donations requested in this site, one-hundred percent will go to the need targeted.